Systems and Methods for Memorization of an Electronic Publication

1. An electronic book (e-book) system, comprising: a memory storing one or more routines; and a processing component configured to execute the one or more routines stored in the memory, wherein the one or more routines, when executed by the processing component provide an e-book user interface, wherein the e-book user interface is configured to: display e-book content; receive a first input selecting a group of portions of the e-book content; receive a second input prompting the e-book user interface to hide the group of the portions of the e-book content; receive a third input, via the e-book user interface, to assign a color to the group of the portions; in response to the third input, generate a graphic configured to obscure display of the group of portions of the e-book content, wherein the graphic displays the assigned color; and in response to the third input, hide the group of portions of the e-book content, by: displaying the graphic over the group of portions of the e-book content, such that the graphic obscures display of the group of portions of the content while a remaining unselected portion is not obscured by the graphic, wherein the unselected portion is displayed in a common position both when the graphic is displayed and when the graphic is not displayed.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the e-book user interface is configured to visually highlight the group of portions of the content of the e-book when displaying the e-book.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the e-book user interface is configured to receive a fourth input related to the group of portions of the content that is hidden.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the e-book user interface is configured to remove the graphic in response the fourth input.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the e-book user interface is configured to display the graphic over the group of portions in response to receiving a fifth input.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the fifth input comprises input from a user input device or from a timer element.

7. The system of claim 3 , wherein the e-book user interface is configured to make the group of portions of the content that is hidden gradually more visible over time to reveal the group of portions in response the second input.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the graphic is configured to become increasingly opaque with each subsequent hide obscure the display of the group of portions of the e-book content such that the group of portions becomes increasingly less visible with each subsequent hide.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the color denotes relative priority of content of the group of portions.

10. The system of claim 1 , comprising a fourth input, wherein the fourth input provides an amount of time that the graphic obscures the group of portions.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the amount of time is based on a designated period of time, until a prompt is received via an input, until the e-book system is powered down, or a combination thereof.

12. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium configured to store one or more instructions executable by one or more processors of an electronic device, that cause the one or more processors to: present e-book content, wherein the e-book content comprises selected content and remaining non-selected content; receive a first prompt to hide the selected content of the e-book content; receive a second prompt to indicate an amount of time to hide the selected content of the e-book content; hide the selected content in response to the second prompt while presenting the non-selected content of the e-book, wherein hiding the selected content comprises displaying one or more obscuring graphics over the selected content, such that the graphics obscure a view of the selected content without changing a position of the remaining non-selected content, wherein at least a portion of the non-selected content is not obscured by the one or more obscuring graphics; reveal the selected content of the e-book content after the amount of time has passed.

13. The medium of claim 12 , comprising instructions that cause the one or more processors to re-hide the revealed selected content based upon, a prompt from a user input device or a timer element.

14. The medium of claim 13 , wherein the timer element is configured to trigger the re-hide after a user-configured amount of time.

15. The medium of claim 14 , wherein the user-configured amount of time is based on a size or quantity of the selected content or a topic of the selected content.

16. The medium of claim 14 , comprising re-hiding the temporarily revealed selected content while presenting the non-selected content of the e-book.

17. The medium of claim 12 , wherein the amount of time to hide the selected content is based on a complexity of subject matter of the selected content or a screen area of percentage covered by the selected content.

18. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium configured to store one or more instructions executable by the processor of an electronic device, the instructions comprising: instructions to present electronic publication content; instructions to receive a first input identifying a first portion of the electronic publication content for memorization; instructions to display the first portion of the electronic publication content for a time period; instructions to present an interactive mark disposed over the first portion after the time period has elapsed when presenting the electronic publication content, wherein the interactive mark is configured to hide the first portion by visually obscuring the first portion without changing a position of a remaining second portion of the electronic publication content, wherein the second portion is not visually obscured by the interactive mark; and instructions to, based upon a second input, remove the interactive mark to unhide the first content.

19. The medium of claim 18 , wherein the second input comprises an input provided via a timer element, wherein the timer element is configured to provide the second input after a user-configured time period has passed after receiving the third input.

20. The medium of claim 18 , wherein the time period is reduced when the first portion is subsequently hidden.